Viewing Event Logs Through The Setup Utility; Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting The Server - IBM System x3750 M4 Installation And Service Manual

v DSA event log: This log is generated by the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
For more information about viewing the logs or clearing the logs, see "Viewing
event logs through the Setup utility," "Viewing event logs without restarting the
server," and "Clearing the error logs" on page 184.

Viewing event logs through the Setup utility

This information provides instructions for viewing the event logs using the Setup
utility.
About this task
To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
Procedure
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set both a
3. Select System Event Logs and use one of the following procedures:

Viewing event logs without restarting the server

This information provides instructions for viewing the event logs without
restarting the server.
About this task
If the server is not hung and the IMM is connected to a network, methods are
available for you to view one or more event logs without having to restart the
server.
If you have installed Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Portable, you can use it to
view the system-event log (as the IPMI event log), or the IMM event log (as the
ASM event log), the operating-system event logs, or the merged DSA log. You can
also use DSA Preboot to view these logs, although you must restart the server to
use DSA Preboot. The server comes with DSA Preboot stored in integrated USB
memory. To install DSA Portable or check for and download a later version of DSA
Preboot CD image, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/
docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
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program (as the ASM event log). For more information about IMM error
messages, see Appendix D, "Integrated management module II (IMM2) error
messages," on page 493.
program, and it is a chronologically ordered merge of the system-event log (as
the IPMI event log), the IMM chassis-event log (as the ASM event log), and the
operating-system event logs. You can view the DSA event log through the DSA
program (see "Viewing event logs without restarting the server"). For more
information about DSA and DSA messages, see "IBM Dynamic System Analysis"
on page 185 and Appendix B, "DSA diagnostic test results," on page 335.
power-on password and an administrator password, you must type the
administrator password to view the event logs.
v To view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewer.
v To view the system-event log, select System Event Log.